The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forest-trees. With directions how to plant, make, and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. Also rules and tables shewing how the ingenious planter may measure superficial figures, divide woods or land, and measure timber and other solid bodies, either by arithmetick or geometry; with the uses of that excellent line, the line of numbers, by several new examples; and many other rules, useful for most men / Illustrated with figures, proper for avenues, walks, and lawns, &c. By Moses Cook.

Moses Cook

Date:: 1724

Credit: The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forest-trees. With directions how to plant, make, and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. Also rules and tables shewing how the ingenious planter may measure superficial figures, divide woods or land, and measure timber and other solid bodies, either by arithmetick or geometry; with the uses of that excellent line, the line of numbers, by several new examples; and many other rules, useful for most men / Illustrated with figures, proper for avenues, walks, and lawns, &c. By Moses Cook. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Example. A piece of Timber 18 Inches fquare, and 25 Feet long,* the number anfwering to 18 Inches Square, is _ 2.250 Which multiplied by 25 (the Length) 25 Which is 5<5Feet one quarter, 11250 4500 A piece 18 Inches fquare at the end, and ■ ■ ■ - one foot long, is 2 foot and 55.250 A Table fie wing by the Compafs of Round Timber, zvhat is contained in a Foot length thereof Coffo. pa. Colfo. pa. IOjO.055 11 |o.06 6 iz]o. o79 3 I3jo.o93 14 0.108 0.1 24 0.141 0.1$ 9 *5 16 11— 18 0.179 0.100 O. 2 2 I 0.243 19 10 2 1 22. O.Z67 z 3 0.292 24:0.31 *$!o.343 2^0.574 27 0.403 45 28.0.433 290.465 0:0.497 3h°-5 3i Coj/o. pa. ¥ 47 48 49 32^0.566 3 3?o.£02 340.659 3 5 jo.477 50 52 5 3 1.169 1.220 1.173 I.327 36,0.716 54 57,0.756 55 38)0.798 56 39*0.840 57 —1 40 0.884*58 41 8 4* 43 44 1.381 i.437 i.49<> 1.551 1.6 iz 1.671 1.731 1.795 Co\fo. pa. 642.264 65 66 1-335 2.406 672.480 85 68 1.860 0.919 59 1.923 0.974 60 1.988 1.021 61 2.056 1.070)62 2.124 1.119 63*2.193 81 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 2.785 2.555 864.084 2.6 31 2.707 4.183 4-279 894.377 90 91 2.864 2.945 3.0*6 92 3,108 76 3.191 77 3-176 78 3.362 79 3.449 80 3.537 L.C 8* 83 fo.pa. 3-715 3.807 84 3.866 3-990 87 88 93 944.882 954.987 96 5.093 97 5.200 98 5.307 3.625199 5.416 4-47 5 4-576 4-677 4.780 The Vfe of this Table is as followeth ; * «. Look for the Compafs of the Tree in Inches, and In the Column annexed you have the quantity oi Timber in one Foot length 3 which multiply by the number of feet that the Tree is in length, and the Produd is the Content thereof$

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